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                    The Starbucks Touch Phone Case                 Jake’s Coffee Box
                         Besides using the Starbucks’ application launched      When you are talking about visiting or having a
                    earlier, you can now use the Starbucks Touch phone case   small coffee shop, how small is it? The smallest coffee shop
                    to place an order and pay for your coffee in Japan. In   in Birmingham is in a phone box! It is called Jake’s Coffee
                    collaboration with Uniform Experiment, Starbucks has   Box and the owner is Jake Hollier, who has spent 6 months
                    created a simply designed phone case with the Starbucks   on creating his coffee shop in an iconic British telephone
                    logo, making the phone looks like a coffee cup with the   booth. Of course, there is no seat in the box; however,
                    Starbucks cup sleeve. This new phone case is to be used   there is a coffee machine for making coffee and enough
                    with its application to automatically make an order and   space for preparing some sausage rolls for customers. These
                    payment and all you have to do is touching the case to   British telephone boxes have been turned into retail units
                    the touch pad on a counter. In addition, it also keeps   by the Thinking Outside
                                      your order and payment history,   The Box charitable trust
                                      making it more convenient on   and Red Kiosk Company.
                                      your next visit. The cases are   Jake Hollier is the first
                                      currently for the iPhone 6 and   renter of the phone box in
                                      available in only 2 stores in Ja-  Eden Place, Birmingham.
                                      pan. This is another attempt of   The Red Kiosk retail units
                                      Starbucks to shorten customer   are also available in other
                                      lines by eliminating the time-  cities in England and if you
                                      consuming order process. If the   are interested in visiting
                                      Starbucks Touch phone cases can   or owning one, visit www.
                                      actually solve this problem, there   redkioskcompany.com for
                                      is a possibility that the Starbucks   more information.
                                      customers will be able to use this
                                      product worldwide.



                    Flavorize Me Campaign by Talenti               Cold Stone Creamery to be Opened in India and Sri
                         Your social media profiles can now tell what your   Lanka
                    life is like as a gelato! Talenti’s latest campaign, Flavorize      Under the cooperation of Cold Stone Creamery’s
                    Me, uses an algorithm to analyze keywords from your social   parent company, Kahala Brands, and Tablez Food, Cold
                    media profiles. The keywords are later formulated into   Stone Creamery is finally going to India and Sri Lanka.
                    different tastes corresponding to various ingredients and,   With its high-quality handcrafted premium ice cream
                    as a result, you will get a gelato flavor specially inspired   and highly impressive in-store experience, it is expected
                    by you. In addition to your personalized gelato flavor, it   that the ice-cream lovers in India and Sri Lanka will
                    also provides the breakdown                    embrace the Ultimate Ice
                    of your flavor elements, called                Cream Experience offered
                    The Science-ing of Your Flavor,                by Cold Stone Creamery.
                    showing how sweet, spicy and                   According to the franchise
                    salty your gelato is. Finally, it              expansion plan with the
                    can be shared on social media,                 investment budget of ap-
                    so that others can see and find                proximately 11-13 million
                    out which flavors of gelato they               US dollars, there will be 40 stores in India and 5 stores in
                    are. To create a gelato flavor of              Sri Lanka within the next 5 years. The first Cold Stone
                    your own, go to Flavorize.Me.                  Creamery store will be opened in Lulu Mall in Kochi, India,
                                                                   in November 2015.

                     Illy’s Y5 Milk Espresso and Coffee System
                         After launching the iperEspresso system for the single-serve espresso machine used with a specially designed
                    capsule with a mini filter in 2008, Illy has recently created the new Y5 Milk Espresso and Coffee system, its first
                                                                    single-serve machine with an integrated milk tank and
                                                                    froth maker. Although the machine comes in an ideal
                                                                    compact size for any kitchen, it can be used to brew
                                                                    espresso, coffee-based beverages and steamed milk with
                                                                    only a touch on a menu button at the top. The price of
                                                                    this new machine is initially set at 399 US dollar and
                                                                    the machines will be available at Sur La Table and can
                                                                    also be purchased at Illy’s actual stores and online shop
                                                                    at www.illyusa.com in August 2015.



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